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Movies that feel like The Longest Yard (2005)

If you loved The Longest Yard, the closest films we have are War Dogs (2016), Chicago (2002) and Bad Santa (2003). All three share The Longest Yard's contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.

πŸ… 31% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Peter Segalcontemplativewittyplayfulgritty
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War Dogs
2016 Β· dir. Todd Phillips
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Both are working the same pair: corruption, smuggling (contraband)

The difference: Reviewed even better

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

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Chicago
2002 Β· dir. Rob Marshall
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: prison

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

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Bad Santa
2003 Β· dir. Terry Zwigoff
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7drama Β· comedy Β· crime

The same mix in both: stillness, then wit

You'd better watch out - Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.

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Bottle Rocket
1996 Β· dir. Wes Anderson
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Playful and gritty in the same breath

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.

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T2 Trainspotting
2017 Β· dir. Danny Boyle
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.1drama Β· comedy Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: blackmail

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

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Hustlers
2019 Β· dir. Lorene Scafaria
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.3drama Β· comedy Β· crime

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

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Identity Thief
2013 Β· dir. Seth Gordon
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.7comedy Β· crime

One thread runs through both: prison

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as The Longest Yard

When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.

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Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 Β· dir. Jay Roach
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.3comedy Β· crime

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foeβ€”'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.

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American Made
2017 Β· dir. Doug Liman
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Crime built on play, twice over

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

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White Chicks
2004 Β· dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
πŸ… 15%β˜… 5.9comedy Β· crime

Gritty comedy in both cases

Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disfigured in a car accident, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from black men into rich white women.

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πŸ… 72%β˜… 7comedy Β· crime

Witty crime, and it commits to that

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.2western Β· comedy Β· drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to western than The Longest Yard does

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

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